A little man's night's comforts, or, Boney's visions [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- A little man's night's comforts, or, Boney's visions [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Boney's visions
- Contributor
- Braddyll, Thomas, 1776-1862, artist.
- Published / Created
- pubd. 14 July 1803.
- Publication Place
- London?
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
Napoleon in bed wearing a nightshirt holds a map of Malta while visions of soldiers poisoned in the hospital at Jaffe, the massacre at Paris 18 Vendémiaire, the invasion of England, ghosts of the 3800 murdered Turks on the sand hills of Syria, the surrender of Ajacio in 1793, Wellington seeking revenge, his attempted poisoning, and murder by his own soldiers fill the room
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Artist tentatively identified as Lt-Col Thomas Braddyll, a young amateur who supplied designs for satirical prints to James Gillray. See British Museum online catalogue.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
For a later print with a similar theme and title, see no. 11736 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 9.
Watermark: Russel & Co. 1799. - Provenance
- From the collection of Count von Starhemberg, Austrian Envoy in London. Andrew Edmunds; June 2022.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 29 x 37 cm, on sheet 34 x 43 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 803.07.14.01+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1803
Etchings England London 1803
Amateur works
Watermarks (Paper) Russell & Co. 1799 - Material
- etching with engraving ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
- Subject (Topic)
-
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
Proposed invasion of England, 1793-1805 - Subjects
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Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 > Caricatures and cartoons
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 > Proposed invasion of England, 1793-1805
England > 1803
England > London > 1803
Russell & Co. > 1799
Starhemberg, Georg-Adam von, Fürst, 1724-1807 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 16289988
- Object ID (OID)
- 33114362